THE NEW Overwatch Year of the Rooster event is set to start later today and Blizzard have hinted that new changes are coming to PS4 and Xbox One that won’t just involve new skins.

UPDATE TWO: Overwatch: Year of the Rooster is now going live and Blizzard have posted more on its launch and content for PS4, Xbox One and PC.

The new Brawl Mode has been confirmed, Capture the Rooster sees teams face off on Lijiang Tower, attempting to secure the enemy flag while the opposing team does the same.

"In this fast-paced brawl, players will need to get creative with their team compositions as they attempt to construct a lineup that’s built for offensive speed and defensive stability."

Some of the new content has also been teased, including the new loot boxes going live very soon.

"Overwatch's Lunar New Year celebrations have begun and we hope this seasonal event brings you happiness, prosperity, and (most importantly) lots of fun.

"For the next three weeks, players will have the chance to collect over 100 commemorative cosmetic items, enjoy a firefight beneath some fireworks on Lijiang Tower, and work together to capture the flag in Overwatch's newest brawl mode."

"As with previous events, Lunar Loot Boxes can be earned or purchased, and each will contain at least one item from our Year of the Rooster collection—including player icons, sprays, victory poses, emotes, highlight intros, skins, and more.

"While the contents of each seasonal Loot Box are random, you can unlock a variety of these customization options in the Hero Gallery for credits throughout the event’s duration.

"Once you've unlocked an item, it will be yours forever, which means you can celebrate the Year of the Rooster all year-round. The collection will return to the vault on February 13, however, so be sure to fire up your favorite gaming machine and see what good fortune might await before it’s too late."

UPDATE ONE: Overwatch fans should check out the Chinese New Year of the Rooster trailer and screens while they wait for the release date.

With the Year of the Rooster event about to kick off later today, a leaked Overwatch trailer showcases the Chinese New Year skins, sprays and capture the flag game mode.

The Overwatch Chinese New Year trailer also reveals the end date for the event, which expires on February 13.

It's still unclear when the new event will start, fans were hoping for UK release of around 7pm, however, nothing has been confirmed by Blizzard at this time.

Overwatch Chinese New Year of the Rooster event Skins, Sprays and more
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Overwatch is holding a Chinese New Year event and adding new Legendary Skins to celebrate the Year of the Rooster on January 24.

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The Overwatch Year of the Rooster event is directly tied to bringing new items, emotes and skins to the game, as part of the title’s Chinese New Year celebrations.

The new content will be officially unveiled today by Blizzard, who also look set to offer a brand new event mode.

There’s usually hundreds of new cosmetic items added following each seasonal event’s launch and fans are likely to find more out about that later today.

Right now, we already know that Blizzard are working on rebalancing a few characters, as well as adding a new feature to Xbox One and PS4.

One fans gave game director Jeff Kaplan a series of requests, which included changing the damage rate connected to Torbjorn and Symmetra’s turrets, as well as offering a way to report players on consoles.

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This was Kaplan’s reply on both subjects: “Regarding Torbjorn and Symmetra: We've been watching them closely. Up until recently they were performing in lockstep with PC.

“Recently they've begun to diverge a little bit so we're taking a look at them now and we'll consider adjusting them.

“Regarding Reporting: This feature is coming to both PS4 and Xbox. I don't have an exact ETA because there are many moving parts to make this happen.

“My hope is that everything locks into place before summer… or sooner. But we're at the mercy of things beyond our control on this one and we've been working super hard to make it happen.”

Unfortunately, it doesn’t sound like Blizzard will have any of these changes ready for deadline today, however, that doesn’t mean other tweaks won’t be included in the official patch notes.

The Overwatch PTR has been running some changes of late, so we could see some of them make their way to console in an official patch.

While fans look forward to the launch of the Year of the Rooster, a recently leaked video suggests it will include a Capture the Flag mode.

The Overwatch update goes live on January 24, although Blizzard is yet to reveal the exact start time for the Year of the Rooster event.